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just lost my long post because I insist in typing out essays in this box instead of using notepad -_-
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WIKIPEDIA HAS SETTLED THE AGE OLD DEBATE: http://i.imgur.com/rt5PubE.png
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@ceruleanspark So I can be a Furry and a Pony
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@ceruleanspark Wikipedia is the Law on these things right?
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@snowcone not for that reason anyway.
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@vcgriffin absolutely.
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@ceruleanspark Oh snap, I wasn't aware I was supposed to be a fan of animals. I'd better hop in the nearest fursuit and #getyiffed
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@redenchilada At least it doesn't say "See also: Sonic Fandom" as well. Then you'd be some kind of hideous triple-furry.
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@ceruleanspark Thanks. I was kinda worried. I have floted around the Furry comunity for ages. Probably part of the reason I went for Griffin as a nick (that and its an old family name) I always thought of the winged lion statues in a park somewhere. Feel much happier if I could be a pegasus though. and for he anthropomorphised animals ponies can fit in too right?
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@vcgriffin People argue that because ponies don't walk upright they don't "count" but they're just being petty and exclusionary. Ponies count as far as I am concerned.
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@ceruleanspark The Sonic fandom doesn't yet have terms equivalent to those like "brony" or "yiff" or "clop" unfortunately
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@redenchilada They're probably still arguing about them.
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@ceruleanspark Actually, see, the unique thing about the Sonic fandom is that the judgmental arguing blubbering idiots and the creepy obsessed fanatics have no overlap and in fact refuse to associate with each other, choosing instead to write them off as "almost as bad as furries" or "classicPotato Knishs" (these are actual quotes I've heard pls don't judge me for them)
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@redenchilada imma messagen ya bro
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@cajunbrony23 Oh sorry about that
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@ceruleanspark I thought the objection might be that I don't relate enough to actual ponies, I kinda imagine that the furry fandom had a stronger link to native American animal spirits, and the anthropomorphised was more of a result of repeatability and TV
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@vcgriffin Back in the day, as I was saying to Logan at the last meetup, it /did/ have a much stronger spiritual/lifestyle side to it, and it was actually very interesting, but since "expending effort" and "any sort of retrospection" have been aggressively marginalized by modern culture, so has that aspect of the fandom
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@vcgriffin The other big thing I suppose is that most furry artists will draw pretty much anything if you commission them, and a lot of them are already good at drawing horses, which mean a lot of formerly varied and interesting artists galleries very quickly got completely flooded with cookie-cutter pony commissions and look set to stay that way until they stop being profitable.
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@awlpony The spiritual side was what drew me to it in the first place. I was young and wanted to try and "find myself". What I learned really did give me a lot of guidance at the time. I'd recommend it.
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@snowcone unless you're planning on time-travelling back to the late 90's it not especially useful information.
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@ceruleanspark So I guess the Major objection would be that the expansion of the furry community has already removed any introspection and spirituality from the fandom and now allowing the bronies is removing the artistic creativity too. I can see how that's a bad thing(does not stop me wanting to commission a drawing though). (not that I can participate in the art side) The commercialization of anything seems to be removing and replacing spirituality. I had naively thought that the internet would allow people to meet, discuss and develop in this new 'cyberspace'. I the ideals thing were possible, but I never seem able to stick myself to things in time and require (stupidly) external approval before joining.
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